xiii, 347 p. ; 24 cm

Papers presented from 1994 to 1998 at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) International Roundtable on Library and Information Science

Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: 1. Perspectives on the Library in the Twenty-First Century I. Scholarship, Information, and Libraries in the Electronic Age -- Stanley Chodorow -- The Impact of Information Technologies on the Role of Research Libraries in Teaching and Learning in the United States -- Elaine Sloan -- The Life of the Mind in a World Transformed by Networks and Digital Libraries -- Paul Evan Peters -- What's Happening to the Book? -- Richard A. Lanham -- The Impact of Digital Technology on Libraries: A Chaotic Revolution -- Jerry D. Campbell -- The Future Value of Digital Information and Digital Libraries -- Michael Lesk -- II. Meeting the Challenges of the Digital Library 7. The Library as Provider of Digital Resources for Teaching and Scholarship -- Ann J. Wolpert -- 8. Can We Afford Digital Information? Libraries? An Early Assessment of Economic Prospects for Digital Publications -- Ann B. Okerson -- 9. Intellectual Property Policy for an Information Society -- Peter Lyman -- 10. The Uses of Digital Libraries: Some Technological, Political, and Economic Considerations -- Donald J. Waters -- 11. Digital Preservation: An Update -- Deanna B. Marcum -- 12. The Impact of Digital Libraries on Library Staffing and Education -- Rachael K. Anderson -- 13. Government Records in a Digital World -- Peter B. Hirtle -- 14. A View on the Ecology of Information -- Brian L. Hawkins III. The Digital Library in the Service of Research and Education: Some Experiences 15. The Library of Congress's National Digital Library: Reaching Out to Schools and Libraries through the Internet -- Laura Campbell -- 16. Toward Libraries' Digital Future: The Canadian Digital Library Experience -- Leigh Swain and Susan Haigh -- 17. The Future of Libraries and Library Schools -- Daniel E. Atkins -- 18. Redefining the University through Educational and Information Technologies: North Carolina State University, Its Libraries, and Distance Education -- Susan K. Nutter -- 19 Re-engineering the Undergraduate Curriculum -- Jack M. Wilson -- 20. The Internet Public Library: Development and Future -- Joseph W. Janes -- 21. Public Libraries in the United States: Service to Business , Industry -- Beverly P. Lynch -- 22. Prognosis on Becoming Digital: Digital Information, Global Networks, and Business Education -- William D. Walker -- About the Contributors

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